Okay, only saying it once; I don't know what Deathwing is. Sorry if I referenced it and you though you found another fandom to chat with me with.

Credit goes to Anti-Social Psychopath and TheRangerBoy on Fanfiction for helping me realize that apple seeds aren't strong enough for battle. I apologize if you also reminded me of this and I didn't put down your name.

Also, if you catch the reference, good. If not, go check out Dizzasta's channel on YouTube, you should like what you'll find. It's #4.

Chapter Seventy Seven - Oracion Seis, Part Two

After a while of walking, one of them broke the silence.

"Is there a reason why you wanted to get us?" Richard asked.

"Kinda," I said. "There were…three reasons. One, I ended up with knowledge of how this timeline turns out, and it's not exactly the best ending. You guys deserved a better hand than the one you were dealt with in that life, so I'm here to try and divert it before it becomes too bad."

"Is that how you know our names?" Macbeth asked, slightly suspiciously.

I nodded. "In the other timeline, you all ended up going by aliases, but eventually, we learned your real names. The only thing I don't know are your ages, so we should fix that. I'm Eleanor Rigby, thirteen years old, of the Fairy Tail guild. I tend to go by the name Elle, though I'm not adverse to any other nicknames."

"Now, youngest to oldest," I said, looking at Orga.

"I'm Orga Nanagear," he said. "And I'm seven! I'll be eight in October!"

Same age as Kagura and Millianna then.

I nodded, and Sorano spoke up next. "I'm Sorano Aguria and I turned ten in April."

"I'm Sawyer," Sawyer said. "I'm twelve. My birthday is in April, too."

"I'm Erik," Erik said, still looking at me with that expression on his face. "I…turn fourteen later this year, next month in June."

So, eleven months older than me.

"I'm Macbeth," Macbeth said, with a wary look on his face. "I'm fourteen, and I'll be fifteen in December."

And eleven months younger than Laxus.

"I'm Richard," Richard said. "I will turn seventeen in two months."

That might explain why Richard switched over during the Nirvana incident - he was the oldest, so the brainwashing probably didn't affect him as much.

"It's odd, thinking that you're younger than a few of us," Erik said, still looking at me like that.

I shrugged.

"You said three reasons," Macbeth stated. "What were the other two?"

I blinked. "Oh right! Sorry, I can't believe I forgot." I spun around and walked backwards so I could face Sorano and Richard. "I promised your siblings I'd help find you!" My gaze drifted to Sawyer. "And I promised Jet and Droy that I'd help find you!"

"So, helping people reunite is another one of your reasons," Macbeth said, undeterred as the other three started getting teary-eyed, though Sawyer was obviously trying to stop himself. Sorano and Richard were hugging each other, obviously past caring and just excited they'd be reunited with their siblings soon. "What's your last one?"

"Erik…" I said quietly, and something about my tone made them all pause. "Your one wish…is to hear Cubellios, right?"

He stopped, looking shocked. "How…how did you know?"

"'To hear the voice of my friend'," my gaze drifted to Sorano, "'to be freed of the land and vanish into the sky…like an angel'," I moved my gaze onto Sawyer, and then Richard, "'to be faster than anyone', 'to reunite with my brother'," and finally my gaze landed on Macbeth, "'and to be able to sleep in a quiet place'."

I turned my gaze back to Erik. "You cannot hear Cubellios's voice because Cubellios is not a snake."

Erik blinked, before asking, "Is she a dragon?"

I looked back at him, confused. "A dragon?"

He nodded. "I'm a dragon slayer, and she can fly and stuff…"

"No, she's not a dragon," I said. "She's a human."

The whole group stopped walking. "What?" Erik asked.

"Her real name is Kinana," I said. "And she was cursed into the form of a snake when she was young. The last reason I'm bringing you guys back to my guild, is so my guild master can help turn her back to how she was. When she's human, you'll finally get the chance to hear her voice."

His eyes started to tear up, until he was moving quickly and slammed into me, clutching at me. I realized that even though he was almost over a year older than me, Erik was barely any taller than I was (which is saying something, because I'm fucking short).

In fact, compared to the rest of the kids their respective ages in the guild, they were a lot smaller than they should've been.

And even though the Tower kids were smaller than they should've been, these kids were still smaller than that.

I remembered Ultear when I stumbled across her, and she seemed smaller than she should have, too.

Brain, my own brain hissed, as my arms wrapped around Erik and I hugged him softly.

"Shh…" I hushed, starting to rock him, messing with his large mop of hair. "It's okay, Erik."

"Is it?" Macbeth asked harshly. "After all we've been through. After the Tower?"

I looked over at him. "'Okay' doesn't always mean what we think it means, Macbeth. But what I mean is that there are always positives that can be found; and that despite all of the wrongs that have been dealt to you, and all of the things that you've been through, it'll get better from now on. You have each other, you have me, and you have my guild. And you are stronger than you think."

He seemed to freeze a bit at that, and Erik hugged me a bit harder. "Thank you," he whispered.

I smiled at him, reaching up a bit to ruffle his hair.

He seemed to be a huge softie.

I'm glad that I got to him in time, then…

"Come on, guys," I said softly. "Let's go to Magnolia, alright?"

They nodded and we began to walk again.

"So you know where our siblings are?" Richard asked.

I nodded. "They're both at the guild; well, Yukino has been living with me since she's so young. You guys don't have to join the guild if you don't want to, even though most people do. Wally might want to leave, but I think you're stuck with us, Sorano. Yukino has gotten a bit attached to us."

She beamed. "I'm fine with that."

I continued. "We've actually got a bunch of people we ended up saving from the Tower."

"You saved them from the Tower?" Macbeth asked, wide-eyed.

I nodded. "Fairy Tail ended up taking down the Tower in mid-October. According to Wally, we had only missed you by about a week."

I sighed. "I would have found you sooner, but Brain is really good at blocking tracking magic, and it was difficult getting around it."

"How'd you do it, then?" Orga asked, interested, and he ended up skipping up next to me.

"I ended up finding some of Cubellios's scales, and made a type of card so I could 'see' through her eyes." I made air quotes. "I could also hear through her, and she overheard Brain and an underling talking about some things, which helped me find out the location."

"Cool," Orga said. "Can I try?"

I laughed and passed along the card. "Just put it to your forehead."

He did as told and gasped. "Whoa! This is so cool!"

I smiled and laughed a bit as a question came to mind.

"I do have a question for the two of you, Orga, Erik," I said.

They turned to look at me.

"How long ago were you implanted with the lacrima?" I asked.

"You mean the dragon slayer lacrima?" Erik asked. "A few months ago."

"I've only had mine for a few weeks," Orga muttered. "Brain lied to the other guy."

"Hmm…" I muttered. "Have you eaten yet?"

"Eaten what?" Erik asked.

I blinked. "Your element. All Slayers need to eat their respective elements in order to survive. It also works as a quick power fix."

"I need to eat lightning?" Orga asked.

"Lightning? Forget lightning, I NEED TO EAT POISON!" Erik shrieked.

"Calm down," I said, rolling my eyes and trying to hold back any giggles, but also trying to hold back my anger at how different Erik was compared to Cobra. "We have two types of slayers in the guild." I looked back to Erik. "One of them, Laxus, is the Lightning Dragon Slayer. Like you, he had a dragon lacrima implanted in him a few years ago. He can help you guys develop. But as for now, you need to eat as soon as possible."

I requipped out my jar of apple seeds. I found out (via Freed and Levy) that apple seeds, while they did have cyanide, would be very unlikely to work as a strong power up in the middle of the fight. However, it was a nice thing that Erik could snack on on the way back.

"Here," I handed it to him.

"Are these apple seeds?" he asked.

I nodded. "Yep."

"Wait, is there poison in apple seeds?" Sorano asked, her voice squeaking.

"Yeah, there's a small amount of cyanide. You'd need a lot to kill a human being, but I don't want to start Erik off with something too powerful or strong, so this should help start it off."

Erik hesitantly took a whiff of them and then quickly threw a bit in his mouth. His eyes sparkled as he took in the taste. "This is the best thing I've eaten in months!"

"That's because you haven't felt full," I told him. "You need poison, or else you'll be in a constant flux of starvation. On the bright side," I grimaced here. "You can always use anything that could potentially kill a human if it's ingested. Everything from kerosene to alcohol."

Macbeth started laughing. "Does this mean he won't get drunk?"

"Awww!" Erik said sadly, shoving Macbeth to the side. Macbeth continued snickering and walked back over.

"What about me?" Orga asked.

I lit up my hand with electricity. "Here's some."

"Why's yours purple?" he asked.

"Fuck you, that's why," I said. "Besides, you're one to talk. Yours is black."

"Isn't it supposed to be yellow?" Sawyer muttered, as Orga slurped down the lightning happily.

"Shut the fuck up, Sawyer!" I told him.

We continued walking, and I shifted my gaze to Sorano. "Hey, has Brain started you on magic?"

She scowled. "He's tried me with stupid Celestial Spirit magic, but these damn spirits suck!"

I scowled back at her. "Don't talk about them like that. It's not the spirits fault, and it's not yours either. You aren't compatible with Celestial Spirit magic. Spirits still have feelings, though, and you don't get to mistreat them."

By the end of my scolding, Sorano looked like a sad puppy, and she pulled out some keys. "Then…you should probably have these."

I took them and glanced at them. She had more than a few keys – Equuleus - the pony, Lupus – the wolf, Lynx (three guesses), and two Canis Minors.

She also had a Lepus, Caelum, Vulpecula and Serpens key, but Lucy already had those.

Lucy still needed the right Canis Minor, so I put Equuleus, Lupus and Lynx all in the Silver Key section for Lucy.

I separated the Canis Minors, one for Hisui and one for Yukino, and also put Lepus and Vulpecula with Hisui's keys. Yukino could have Caelum and Serpens.

"Why did you have two Canis Minors?" I asked.

"He has my trying to summon two at once," Sorano said, scowling. "I could barely support one spirit out, but he had me trying to pull out two of them at the same time."

No, I could understand that.

"But what magic am I going to use, if that one's not right?" she complained.

I requipped the book about Moon Magic. "Here. This is a magic that's been passed down your bloodline. I'm sure you'll find that it's a lot easier to learn."

She took it easily, gripping it tightly.

"Will we have a place to live?" Sawyer asked worriedly.

"Yes," I said, as everyone stopped walking.

As one, they heaved a sigh of relief and continued walking.

It's kinda funny how in sync they were.

"There's Fairy Hills for girls, and Fairy Valleys for Boys. Also, we recently built Fairy Fields, which has attached suites (kinda like a double or triple bedroom apartment) for siblings. If you're over thirteen, you are charged rent, but since you're all mages, you can go on jobs. Also," I looked at Richard. "You get a discount if your siblings are under thirteen. And you guys will get a bit of 'free-be' time until you can properly get on your feet and go on missions."

"Really?" he asked happily.

I nodded. "Rent for single rooms are usually 100,000 Jewels a month, but for the first few months, it's not that bad. First month is free, second month is 10,000 Jewels, third is 20,000 Jewels, etc. The guild will also help with some food, but you'll ultimately want to buy your own. You don't want to survive off of the guild food, trust me."

"Is Fairy Fields more expensive?" Richard asked.

I nodded. "It's 150,000 Jewels a month there, though you get the same pattern for the adjustment period. Though if you have someone under the age limit, it's cut in half until they're of age."

"How much does it cost in Fairy Valleys?" Erik asked.

"100,000 Jewels," I repeated. "But you don't need to be related to live in Fairy Fields with someone else. Sho and Erza live in there together…though I'm not sure why, as they're both under the age limit. Then again, so are Kagura and Simon…maybe it's just a familial thing..."

"Sho and Erza and Simon…that sounds familiar," Richard muttered.

"They were friends with Wally, in the Tower," I said. "That might be where you know their names from."

Richard nodded.

Orga yawned, stretching. "Are we there yet, Nee-chan?"

I chuckled, ruffling his hair. "Soon. In fact…" I ran ahead a bit, and he sped up after me, the others following suit.

Sawyer got there first, his own magic slowing us down, and he stopped when he saw the view.

"Oh…it's so pretty…" Sorano whispered.

The seven of us stood on the hill, overlooking the city. We weren't out of the forest yet, but we were getting close to the edge.

"You guys see that big building at the back, near the waterfront?" I asked.

"That's…" Erik started, losing his voice.

"Fairy Tail," I said proudly. "Come on."

More than a few of them shared smiles, and we began to trek forward, when we all heard a voice that made all of us freeze in fear.

"Not so fast."